Vita gets EU launch line-up, Motorstorm RC and Unit 13

Sony’s announced its first-party EU launch line-up for Vita, as well as confirming Evolution’s MotorStorm RC and Zipper Interactive’s Unit 13.

Sony confirmed at a London event today that the following first-party games will launch alongside Vita on February 22 in the EU:

Uncharted: Golden Abyss

WipEout 2048

Reality Fighters

Little Deviants

ModNation Racers: Road Trip

Everybody’s Golf

Escape Plan

Gravity Rush

Hustle Kings

MotorStorm RC

Top Darts

Super StarDust Delta

Two new games were revealed tonight: Motorstorm RC from Evolution, and Unit 13 from Zipper.

MotorStorm RC is a radio controlled off-road racing game for Vita and PlayStation Network, which was described by Evolution Studios as a “combination of classic racing with really modern connectivity features” that is “bigger than your average download game.”

It will include renditions of all four MotorStorm worlds along with eight vehicle classes and 16 tracks, and allows you to go up against four of your friends in various challenges and race types. Stages will take “just moments to load,” and you can play the game on PSN and continue progress on-the-go with Vita.

Zipper Interactive’s new shooter for the system is called Unit 13, designed with Vita’s front and back touch interface in mind.

The develop said a “key goal” for the Unit 13 team was to design the game to allow for “on-the-go action”. Players can choose from one of six operatives and complete 36 missions across nine locations.

Missions come in a variety of sizes and difficulty, and range from small to larger, more challenging multi-objective missions. As the player makes their way through the game, tough High Value target missions will be unlocked. After completing these, players can share them with friends and nearby players through Vita’s “NEAR” feature.

Unit 13 also contains a live notification interface through 3G, which keeps the user notified of leaderboard positions, new Daily Challenge content, unlocks and shared High Value Target missions. Co-op teams will also compete for leaderboard positions, and the game makes it easy to communicate with other team members through voice chat.

The game will be released “right around” Vita’s launch.

Other than the aforementioned first-party titles from Sony and its studios, Vita customers can also look forward to the following games in development for the system:

Army Corps of Hell, Square Enix

Asphalt: Injection, Ubisoft

Disgaea 3 Return, NIS America

Dungeon Hunter: Alliance, Ubisoft

Dynasty Warriors Next, Tecmo Koe

EA Sports FIFA Football, EA

F1 2011, Codemasters

Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7, WB Games

Lumines Electronic Symphony, Ubisoft

Michael Jackson: The Experience HD, Ubisoft

Ninja Gaiden (working title), Tecmo Koei

OddWorld: Strangers Wrath, OddWorld Inhabitants

Puddle, Neko Entertainment

Pure Chess, RebelPlay

Putty Squad Vita, System 3

Rayman Origins, Ubisoft

Ridge Racer, Bandai Namco

Shinobido 2, Bandai Namco

Silent Hill: Book of Memories, Konami

Stardrone Extreme, BeatShapers

Super Monkey Ball Banana Splitz, SEGA

Supremacy MMA, 505 Games

Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack, Drinkbox Studios

The Treasures of Montezuma Blitz, Alawar Entertainment

Touch My Katamari, Bandai Namco

Troopies, Bloober Team

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom, Capcom

Urban Trials, Tate Multimedia

Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition, SEGA

Orc Attack, Casual Brothers

Ben 10 Galactic Racing, Bandai Entertainment

Dragon’s Racing, Ignition Entertainment

Robot Rescue Revolution, Teyon; Mortal Kombat, WB Games

Assassin’s Creed, Ubisoft

Bioshock, Take Two

Street Fighter X Tekken, Capcom

Call of Duty, Activision Blizzard

Flickr, Twitter, Facebook and FourSquare were announced as part of Vita’s “Social Essentials” line-up for launch.

Here’s the MotorStorm RC announcement trailer and a new showcase of Vita’s AR functionality.

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